Today on the show, former president and Fanmi Lavalas leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide was taken by ambulance to a jet this morning to fly to Cuba for an undisclosed health issue. The rumor mill says he’s caught COVID-19. We’ll also discuss govt run gangs, kidnappings and the corruption of President Moise Jovenel’s regime as the backdrop … Continued
We speak Paradise Gray, the chief curator for The Universal Hip Hop Museum about Black music month. Later Poor News Network explores America’s war on the poor.
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Caroline enthusiastically welcomes Nancy MacLean, author of “Democracy in Chains,” that we may understand the increasing, and long-planned threat to democracy… and the urgency of our Now. Gotta see the long-forged chains, in order to remove them…. Today’s Full Moon’s image is “A party of campers packing their canoe at twilight – the ability to … Continued
Armistead Maupin discusses “Tales of the City” and its various iterations in two interviews, from 2007 and from 2015. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
• Political economist Sam Gindin, author of this piece, talks about competition and the working class • Leslie London, director of Observatory Civic Association in Cape Town, South Africa, on a fight against Amazon. The Facebook page for the campaign is here. • Tana Ganeva, a journalist specializing in criminal justice, talks about the prevalence … Continued
Nobuko Miyamoto’s powerful memoir tells of her childhood in WWII American concentration camps with her family, of her successful Broadway and film career, and of her most fulfilling life as an Asian Movement activist artist. PLUS: Julian Assange’s brother tells of Julian’s status and efforts to free him. PLUS: the one and only Town Crier! … Continued
Guest: Nobuko Miyamoto is a third-generation Japanese American songwriter, dance and theater artist, and activist, and is the Artistic Director of Great Leap. Her work has explored ways to reclaim and decolonize our minds, bodies, histories, and communities, using the arts to create social change and solidarity across cultural borders. Two of Nobuko’s albums are part of the … Continued
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Felicia ‘Flames’ Elizondo speaks at an anniversary event of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riots. A celebration of life for Elizondo is planned for July 24, 2021 in San Francisco. Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen, licensed under CC 4.0 On this show: 0:08 – Two news stories: Katherine Monahan reports on the Assembly District 18 … Continued
